Crowntail Betta Fish

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How to Feed Betta Fish

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Betta Breeding in a Nutshell

April 20, 2010
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Overcrowding in Community Fish Tanks

March 16, 2010

Overcrowding – no more than one inch of fish per gallon of water
Its hard, but refrain from overcrowding your tank. Overcrowding is defined as putting more than one inch of fish per one gallon of aquarium water. Some people quibble with this old rule, saying it doesn’t take into account the weight of the fish, [...]

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Betta Fish Ich – How to Diagnose and Treat It

March 8, 2010

Ich is one of the most common aquarium fish ailments. It is so common that many pet stores put a squirt of anti-ich treatment into the water when they bag fish.
Goldfish are notorious for getting ich, but betta fish get it just as often. Fortunately ich is no big deal: It is easy to treat [...]

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Betta Fish Tank Filtration

March 2, 2010

This is a walk-through of the basic techniques around aquarium filtration and how they apply to betta tanks.
This information also applies to community tanks of all kinds, but is more focused on freshwater than saltwater tanks.
Filtration is optional for a single betta bowl
If you have just one betta in a bowl or aquarium, you don’t [...]

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Betta Fish Companions

February 15, 2010

If you have enough space in your betta tank (like more than five gallons – ten is better), its pretty natural to want to add some more fish. While bettas are territorial, and they may fight with any fish you put into their tank, some fish make much better (betta?) companions for bettas than others.
Here [...]

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Lighting for Betta Bowls and Tanks

January 31, 2010

Lighting doesn’t make sense for a simple betta bowl. Some people do put their betta bowls under table lamps, or use clamp lights. If you want to add a light, that’s fine. The only need for it would be if you have plants that require brighter light that indirect sunlight. Amazon swords, for example, will [...]

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Quarantining new fish for community tanks

November 27, 2009

After all the work you’ve gone to to create that special environment inside your tank, don’t muss it up by adding a sick fish. Here’s the rub: all new fish are potentially sick fish. Even if they look great at the pet store.
Enter the quarantine tank. This is a small tank kept in addition to [...]

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Culling Fry

November 23, 2009

This is a very tough part of breeding bettas, and a very good reason not to breed them in the first place.
With each average betta spawn being 500 young fish, even modest culling means you’ll be killing 250 little betta youngsters. Even keeping 250 is difficult, because you’re going to have to house, feed and [...]

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